As a prospective vegan, you may be wondering exactly why vegans make the dietary choices they make. And you may also be hesitant to adopt these choices until you yourself understand and accept them.
In this article, I will explain the two major vegetarian positions on eating eggs to help you make your decision.
The sub-category of vegetarian I will cover, ovo-vegetarians, accept the normal consumption of eggs because they do not believe that doing so conflicts with an ethical vegetarian diet. They do not see eggs as living things and subsequently do not make the connection between consuming eggs and causing animal suffering or death.
In addition to this, many ovo-vegetarians see complete veganism as limiting their options unnecessarily, especially when eggs are an excellent source of complete protein and a viable nutritional alternative to meat.
Many vegetarians who do consume eggs opt for “free range” eggs over normal–or “battery”–eggs. This is usually out of ethical concern for the treatment of egg-laying hens.
Vegans, by contrast, do not consume eggs normally and generally oppose the institution...